If you don’t know Paige Bueckers yet, you’re about to: The UConn Husky is one of the top prospects for next year’s WNBA draft. But no matter what happens next, she’s already made basketball history: In 2021, Bueckers was the first freshman to win the Naismith Trophy (widely considered the top individual honor in women’s college basketball); that same year, she also took home the title of Best Female College Athlete at the ESPY Awards.
This year, Bueckers returned to the ESPYs (she was nominated for Best Comeback Athlete, having bounced back after tearing her ACL) wearing white Jimmy Choo loafers, a lilac KidSuper suit, and a braided updo. The look cemented her status as a leader in both athleticism and style. “I think it’s important to know that you don’t have to put yourself in a box,” she tells Allure. “You don’t have to look a certain way—you can express yourself through beauty and what you wear.”
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